"Pioneer European bhikhu and notable Pali scholar. Born as Anton Gueth， in Wiesbaden （Germany）. After high school devoted himself to music in Frankfurt and Paris， then journeyed to India， and Ceylon. 1903: samanera ordination in Rangoon; bhikhu ordination the following year （the first non-British Western one）. 1910-11: left Sri Lanka and traveled to Europe. 1911: returned to Sri Lanka; thereafter lived at the Island Hermitage in Ratgama Lake， Dodanduwa. Interned during WWI as enemy alien.1916: traveled to Honolulu and then went to China but was arrested in Chungking and imprisoned in Hankow until 1919. Unable to return to Sri Lanka in 1920， so went on to Japan， became professor at Komazawa University. 1926: finally got back to Sri Lanka. WWII: again interned ... Nyanaponika Thera is one of his best known disciples."

"Played an important role in the planning of the Sixth Buddhist Council， Rangoon 1954." （Bestknown book: A Buddhist Dictionary.）